Souvenir XM1014 | Quicksilver (Well-Worn)

Skin overview

A Well-Worn Quicksilver keeps its silver-grey palette, but the terrain-map layer is noticeably thinner and patchy on the parts the hands touch most. The finish reads darker and more matte, closer to bare gunmetal than polished silver. It is a low-cost way to get the recognisable cool tones of the skin.

Item type: shotgun. Mil-Spec Grade is the lowest rarity found in cases and the most common one among them.

Patina: an aged metal surface; wear is part of the design, so the gap between qualities is less visible.

Other qualities of this skin: Factory New, Minimal Wear, Field-Tested and Battle-Scarred. The same quality also exists as the StatTrak™ version.

How the skin looks in Well-Worn

The barrel is a deep blue-black with light streaks along its length, while the magazine tube and forend carry the metallic silver-olive base with darker terrain-map shapes running across them. The receiver is dark grey steel with a few small yellow accents near the top rail, and the front sight also shows a touch of yellow.

Wear spreads along the forend, the receiver edges and the outer contours of the stock. The map layer becomes patchy and the silver base turns duller and darker. In game the shotgun looks matte and noticeably aged. The central flat areas of the stock and the side of the receiver hold most of the remaining pattern.

Well-Worn quality — float range 0.38–0.45

The float of Souvenir XM1014 | Quicksilver ranges from 0 to 0.5; the Well-Worn quality covers 0.38–0.45 — 14% of this skin’s scale. The lower the float within the range, the cleaner the surface looks and the higher a copy is usually priced.

Where the skin comes from: collection and case

The skin’s collection is The Chroma Collection with 14 skins in total.

It drops from Chroma Case (on sale since Jan 8, 2015).

Souvenir version

This is the Souvenir version: such copies dropped to tournament viewers in souvenir packages; the team stickers and signatures on them cannot be removed or chosen. Souvenir items never carry StatTrak™. There is also the regular version without tournament stickers.

Stickers and crafts

Silver, holo and foil stickers in blue, white or black tones match the metallic palette. A single yellow sticker near the receiver can echo the small yellow accents already on the finish.

What to check before buying

• Check where the float sits within the wear grade, since the metallic sheen fades gradually and a low float keeps noticeably more of it.
• Look at the muzzle, forend edges and top of the receiver, as these lose the translucent layer first.
• Pattern placement changes little on this finish, so focus on wear rather than pattern.
• Review any applied stickers or name tag, because they can add to the cost without matching the cool palette.

Who should buy Well-Worn

• Budget buyers who want the recognisable cool tones.
• Players who prefer a matte, darker finish.
• Conclusion: an inexpensive way into the skin.